SHI YU/CHINA DAILY The just-concluded China-Central Asia Summit, held in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has elevated China-Central Asian cooperation to new heights. In the 10th year of the Belt and Road Initiative, China and the Central Asian countries have cast their decisive vote to expand cooperation, especially in areas such as new energy and infrastructure development amid the fast-changing geopolitical landscape.
ISTANBUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The China-Central Asia Summit in the northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an is very important, particularly amid the uncertainties in international politics, a Turkish expert has said. Selcuk Colakoglu, director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, aired the view in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the first China-Central Asia Summit and delivers a keynote speech themed "Working Together for a China-Central Asia Community with a Shared Future Featuring Mutual Assistance, Common Development, Universal Security, and Everlasting Friendship" in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, May 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 19 chaired the first China-Central Asia Summit and delivered a keynote speech in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province.
Artists perform during a welcome ceremony for Central Asian leaders and their wives attending the China-Central Asia Summit in the Tang Paradise in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) The summit of the leaders of five Central Asian countries and China in the Chinese city of Xi'an has epochal significance and will open a new era in the cooperation between these countries, an Uzbek expert said.
